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JOSEPH HAYDN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Haydn: 9 Piano Trios Beaux Arts Trio [ Pentatone SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 20/Jun/2009 ] "PentaTone's DSD remastering of the four-channel original for SACD shows what fine recordings these always were; the sound is quite simply beautiful." (Five Stars AudAud.com) |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 4 Chen Reiss (soprano), Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Semyon Bychkov [ Pentatone / CD - released 13/Jan/2023 ] The Czech Philharmonic and its Chief Conductor and Music Director Semyon Bychkov present a new recording of Mahler's Fourth Symphony, laying the foundation of a complete Mahler symphonies cycle to appear on PENTATONE. It will be the label's first... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos 3 & 5 'Emperor' Christoph Eschenbach (piano) / Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa / London Symphony Orchestra, Hans Werner Henze [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Feb/2017 ] The seeds were planted in the early 1970s when Deutsche Grammophon realised what amazing results could be achieved by recording the multi-channel tapes, with either four or eight channels. Yet, due to a few restrictions, they never fully blossomed.... |
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Symphony No 3 'Organ' (with Moussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition) Daniel Chorzempa (organ) / Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra / Edo de Waart [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Nov/2009 ] "In the finale, the organ - played by Daniel Chorzempa - rises majestically to the occasion as part of one of the great final movements in the symphonic literature." Classik Reviews |
GRIEG / MENDELSSOHN
Grieg: Lyric Pieces / Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte Denis Kozhukhin (piano) [ Pentatone / CD - released 28/Jun/2019 ] "He brings to the table a perfect balance between spontaneity and control, teamed with infinite variety of touch and timbre. Every phrase is imbued with sensitivity and luminous beauty." Gramophone Editor's Choice September 2019 |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler - Symphony No 3 Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano) / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Boys of the Breda Sacrament Choir & Rijnmond Boys' Choir, Mariss Jansons [ RCO Live SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 25/Apr/2011 ] "the RCO brass and string majesty remains a thing of wonder. Bernarda Fink brings real gravitas and weight to the Nietzsche text and, with the finale on the horizon, Jansons keeps it simple: let the music do the work." (ClassicFM) |
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Anime Immortali | Mozart Arias Franco Fagioli (counter-tenor), Kammerorchester Basel, Daniel Bard [ Pentatone / CD - released 28/Apr/2023 ] Countertenor Franco Fagioli makes his Pentatone debut with Anime Immortali, together with the Kammerorchester Basel, exploring the music that Mozart composed for castratos. Ranging from opera to sacred music and culminating in Exsultate, jubilate,... |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera (complete opera) Freddie de Tommaso, Saioa Hernández, Lester Lynch, Elisabeth Kulman / [ Pentatone SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 23/Jun/2023 ] "De Tommaso turns out to be the real deal, singing with a confidence and ease that seem astonishing for a singer who was only 28 at the time of the recording, His is a real *spinto* tenor: bright yet intensely masculine." BBC Music Opera Choice |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Schwanengesang Ian Bostridge (tenor), Lars Vogt (piano) [ Pentatone / CD - released 30/Sep/2022 ] Tenor Ian Bostridge completes his Pentatone trilogy of Schubert song cycles with a rendition of Schwanengesang, together with the renowned pianist Lars Vogt. Schwanengesang was compiled and published after Schubert's death, and the pieces are... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Winterriese Ian Bostridge (tenor), Thomas Adès (piano) [ Pentatone / CD - released 13/Sep/2019 ] "If any audience is present here, they leave no audible sign. Maybe listeners were immobilised by wonder, struck dumb by the impact and wide range of Bostridge's voice - beautiful, ugly, anguished, tender, robust, bleached." The Times |
CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice Iestyn Davies, Sophie Bevan, Rebecca Bottone / La Nuova Musica, Davis Bates [ Pentatone / CD - released 4/Oct/2019 ] "High praise, then, for David Bates and his ensemble." Gramophone Awards 2020 Short List - Opera |
BOHUSLAV MARTINU
Martinů: Cello Sonatas Johannes Moser (cello) & Andrei Korobeinikov (piano) [ Pentatone / CD - released 28/Apr/2023 ] Cellist Johannes Moser and pianist Andrei Korobeinikov present Bohuslav Martinů's complete cello sonatas. These works belong to the most significant twentieth-century repertoire for cello and piano. Reflecting Martinů's troubled existence, defined by... |
FELIX & FANNY MENDELSSOHN
Felix & Fanny Mendelssohn: Works for Cello and Piano Johannes Moser (cello), Alasdair Beatson (piano) [ Pentatone / CD - released 9/Aug/2019 ] German-Canadian cellist Johannes Moser and Scottish pianist Alasdair Beatson present a moving portrait of the Mendelssohn family with this recording of pieces by the siblings Felix and Fanny. Once composed for the popular Sunday Sessions at the... |
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GEORGES BIZET
Bizet: Les Pêcheurs de Perles (The Pearl Fishers) [complete opera] Julie Fuchs, Cyrille Dubois, Florian Sempey, Luc Bertin-Hugaul / Orchestre National de Lille, Alexandre Bloch [ Pentatone SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] Les Pêcheurs de Perles is best known for its glorious duet, but Georges Bizet's opera has much more to offer. This live recording more than ever brings out the brilliance of this oriental story about love, duty and friendship. In the last 150 years,... |
DOWLAND / HARVEY / CACCINI / BRITTEN / TRADITIONAL / etc
Broken Branches Karim Sulayman (tenor), Sean Shibe (guitar) [ Pentatone / CD - released 5/May/2023 ] Nominee - Best Classical Solo Vocal Album Grammy Awards 66th Awards (2024) Nominee - Best Classical Solo Vocal Album |
CARL MARIA von WEBER
Weber: Der Freischütz Lise Davidsen (Agathe), Andreas Schager (Max), Sofia Fomina (Ännchen), Alan Held (Kaspar), Markus Eiche (Ottokar), Franz-Josef Selig (Eremit) [ Pentatone / 2 CD - released 25/Oct/2019 ] Maestro Marek Janowski leads a sensational cast - including star vocalists Lise Davidsen and Andreas Schager - on this new recording of Der Freischütz, the German Romantic opera par excellence. |
GIOACCHINIO ROSSINI / GAETANO DONIZETTI
Lisette Oropesa - French Bel Canto Arias Lisette Oropesa (soprano) / Sachsischer Staatsopernchor, Dresdner Philharmonie, Corrado Rovaris, with Kristina Fuchs, Frank Blümel, & others [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 14/Oct/2022 ] On her second solo album Lisette Oropesa has combined two of her greatest loves, the French language and Italian bel canto. This recording with the Dresdner Philharmonie under the baton of Corrado Rovaris showcases the variety of lesser-known and... |
W. A. MOZART
Ombra Compagna - Mozart Concert Arias Lisette Oropesa (soprano) / Il Pomo d'Oro, Antonello Manacorda [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 7/May/2021 ] "Oropesa sings with exquisite emotional restraint, subtly shading her vibrato and colouring her mezzo range with a Schwarzkopf-like radiance and intensity." BBC Music |
MARCELLO / LEO / GASPARINI / G. F. HANDEL etc
Magdalena Kožená - Il Giardino dei Sospiri Magdalena Kožená (mezzo), Collegium 1704, Václav Luks [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 17/May/2019 ] "I was expecting something good, but not extraordinary. But, even among all the Baroque vocal music recordings of every size and shape and concept occupying the catalog lists, this-and especially Kožená-truly is extraordinary." 10/10 ClassicsToday |
ANTON DVORAK / BOHUSLAV MARTINU / HANS KRASA / GIDEON KLEIN
Czech Songs Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-soprano), Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle [ Pentatone / CD - released 16/Aug/2024 ] Magdalena Kožená presents a recital of Czech songs, together with the Czech Philharmonic under the baton of Sir Simon Rattle. The first impression of Czech songs may be atmospheric nature scenes, or stories about pretty peasant girls and village... |
